Use the definition of a Taylor series to find the first four nonzero terms of the series for f(x) centered at the given value of a. f(x)= 7x e^x, a= 0

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Recall a Taylor series centered at x = 0:

Begin by finding the derivatives and evaluate at x = 0:

f(0) = 7(0)e⁰ = 0

f'(x) = 7eˣ + 7xeˣ   f'(0) = 7e⁰ + 7(0)e⁰ = 7

f''(x) = 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7xeˣ  f''(0) = 7(1) + 7(1) + 0 = 14

f'''(x) = 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7xeˣ    f'''(0) = 21

f⁴(x) = 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7eˣ + 7xeˣ   f⁴(0) = 28

Now that we calculated 4 non-zero terms, we can write the Taylor series:

Simplify: